K I N T S U G I R O S E

“And if we know that He hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of Him.” 1 John 5:15 Kintsugi Rose continues the concept of Japanese bowl repair. It resonates in some of the artworks that I am developing at the moment that explores God’s repair of the broken. How our bodies […]

K i n t s u g i

Translated to “golden joinery,” Kintsugi (or Kintsukuroi, which means “golden repair”) is the centuries-old Japanese art of fixing broken pottery with a special lacquer dusted with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. I love this practice of repairing the broken in a consumer culture where things are discarded and replaced so readily. Have we lost the […]